Bombardier is prepping for the start of certification flight testing of the all-composite Learjet 85 as the first of five eventual test airplanes for the program undergoes final assembly in Wichita.

Bombardier says it remains on track in the post-Grob era to certificate and put into service in 2013 its fastest, largest and most expensive Learjet model to date, the Learjet 85. The first ...

The 1964 Lear Jet 23, registered N200Y with the FAA and also known by its manufacturer’s serial number, 23-003, in flight. “It was the first plane that was specifically built as a business jet,” said ...